Rhodes Named Athletic Association Professor
Throughout his career he has advised twenty-seven graduate students, eleven postdoctoral researchers, and provided experiential learning opportunities for more than forty undergraduate students.
Two vulture species; the same but different
The researchers report the birds’ physical characteristics and social nature influence where they spend their time.
Ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant
The five-year, $1.18 million CAREER grant will fund research about the impacts of wastewater on the structure and function of tropical rivers, particularly the impacts of pollution that results from aging and obsolete wastewater infrastructure.
Study shows animal life thriving around Fukushima
The researchers based their designations on zones previously established by the Japanese government after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident.
UGA Scientists show their artistic side
A research professional, Scott spends a good bit of his time in front of a microscopic lens and the forestry of the site. He chose to capture the abstract beauty of the landscape.
Tweaking the approach to save the desert tortoise
The team radio-tracked each cohort, comparing movement, the animals’ ability to build burrows and to utilize rocks as camouflage.
Unique tools aid environmental research at SRS
He said the ease at which the fish reproduce serves as a significant advantage for obtaining large numbers for testing. Parrott also said medaka can easily produce a cohort of 200 fish in a day.
Abandoned Chernobyl villages could save a rare species
Cameras were set up at the structures to record continuous activity for a portion of a winter and a summer season.
SREL hires DeVault as associate director
Travis L. DeVault, has joined the leadership team of the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. He will serve as associate director for research under Olin “Gene” Rhodes Jr., director of SREL. As associate director for research DeVault will be responsible for overseeing research support functions at SREL, including environmental health and safety, analytical services, research permitting and compliance and animal care.
He has over 13 years of experience working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center in Sandusky, Ohio and in Syracuse, New York. In his most recent position, he served as supervisory research wildlife biologist and project leader.
His professional experience includes teaching at Purdue University and serving as adjunct faculty at Cornell University and Mississippi State University. He was a visiting graduate researcher at SREL from 2000 to 2003.
DeVault earned a bachelor of science degree and a master of arts degree in life sciences from Indiana State University and a doctoral degree in wildlife ecology from Purdue University. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
His research covers wildlife ecology, conservation and behavior with a focus on the causes and consequences of animal-vehicle collisions, and the development of tools and strategies to reduce these collisions. His research also investigates human-wildlife interactions, managing damage caused by wildlife and ornithology.
DeVault is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including receiving the USDA’s National Wildlife Research Center’s Researcher of the Year Award for 2017, three Outstanding Publication Awards and Airport Business magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40.”
Environmental outreach at SRS continues to grow
In addition to working with the USFS-SR, SREL partners with other organizations like the STEM Community Coalition, a national grant-awarded program developed to reach students in rural and low-income communities that are underserved in science education.